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Adjective: scrofulous  skróf-yu-lus
  1. Afflicted with scrofula
     
  2. Morally contaminated
    "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"
     
  3. Having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula
    "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"

See also: ill, immoral, sick, ugly

Encyclopedia: Scrofulous

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Scripture
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Scrophularia
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariales
scrotal
scrotal vein